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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 11, 1995Calvert County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 8:58 PM EST for Calvert County, Maryland. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 8:58 PM EST (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 9:30 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Calvert County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
786 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KWBC 120200 COR
TORWBC
MDC009-120230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WASHINGTON DC
858 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MARYLAND
 
   ...SOUTHERN CALVERT COUNTY
 
AT 858 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN SOUTHERN
CALVERT COUNTY...NEAR ISLAND CREEK. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD CALVERT BEACH AND LONG BEACH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
BGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 8:08 PM ESTTornado WarningLWXCharles37 min
Nov 11, 8:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSaint Mary's32 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.